What Separates Me and You

Chapter 184 Was This How She Begged You

Lewis clasped Josephine’s hand again and slowly said, “Come with me. We’ll get the divorce certificate after your wounds are healed.”

Josephine slowly looked up after hearing this.

“Can we go now?”

Josephine lowered her eyes again and stared at her toes.

Lewis brought her to the car and helped her fasten her seat belts. Then, he went to the driver’s seat and drove out of the mansion’s compound.

When they arrived back at Styx Mansion, Lewis brought out the first aid kit and cleaned Josephine’s hands of the blood stains with the disinfectant.

Josephine sat motionless on the sofa, permitting Lewis’ actions.

He was very gentle, but Josephine still cringed when the alcohol touched the wounds on her fingertips.

“Stay still. Bear with me,” said Lewis as he held her hand steadfastly. Although he tried his best to be careful when disinfecting her wounds, Josephine would still tremble whenever the alcohol came in contact with them.

She could remember clearly the anguish she felt when the needle penetrated her fingertips.

She couldn’t put the pain into words, but she felt she could understand why their forefathers. would think the fingers are connected to the heart.

As enraged as Lewis had been, he had never treated her this way.

The most brutal act Lewis did to her was merely locking her up.

After Lewis cleaned her hands, he observed three of her fingernails were red with an easily discerned thin line of blood running through the middle.

He had a dangerous glint in his eyes that quickly disappeared.

After he finished applying medication to Josephine’s wounds, she was again covered in sweat, and her face was as pale as chalk

“It’s done.”

Josephine kept her head lowered all the time. When she heard him, she quietly withdrew her hand.

Lewis raised his hand to touch her face, but she turned her head slightly and dodged his hand.

stared fixedly at her for several moments before putting

Was This How She

said, “Have

left, closing the door after him-locking it behind

look at the door. The door had closed

entered the room

finger, index finger, and middle

clamoring thunder came right after. Following an ear- splitting rumble, it

battered at the willow tree in the lawn, breaking off a

up on the sofa, hugging her knees tightly, her eyes staring blankly at the

soaked her thoroughly, and her hair was in an utter mess. Under

up from the ground and

someone captured her and brought her here,

a blur in the torrent. She could only hear dogs barking

to an unknown wound or the heavy rain pounding on her, the

few steps before crashing to the

like statues in the rain

crawled, trying to find a way out, but when she fell again, a pair of leather shoes appeared

water stained those

the umbrella for him as his

Lewis, it’s all my fault, I merely followed Mrs. Alvarez’s orders and didn’t do it out of my own will. Please forgive me, Master Lewis. I won’t repeat my mistake.” Getting no response from Lewis, she

The How She Begged You.

ear to Mrs. Alvarez’s instructions. Master Lewis! I have mouths to

Lewis. I beg you. I don’t

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her way while she worked for Nancy all these years Roery maid in the household sucked up to her, and

and about.

up like this, less so Lewis having the nerve

pleas rang loud and clear in the smattering rain, but Lewis seemed to nothing. His face remained emotionless as he stood there

cold voice above her saying, “Was this how

the panic on her face more evident than before. She shook he frantically as she answered, “No! No, Madam

his leg and kicked her, toppling her over. He pressed his mud-stained shoe against

with difficulty. The pressure on her face

look amiable to you?”